Pictorial material from the Sonya Rapoport papers, approximately 1950-2010

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Summary

Creators:
Rapoport, Sonya
Abstract:
Chiefly photographs pertaining to Rapoport's various conceptual art projects. Some portraits and snapshot photographs of the artist are included throughout files. Also includes selections of Rapoport's artist's books and a small number of early drawings.
Extent:
2700 items in 5 boxes and 2 oversize folders
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Pictorial material from the Sonya Rapoport papers, BANC PIC 2015.038, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Background

Scope and content:

Chiefly photographs pertaining to Rapoport's various conceptual art projects. Some portraits and snapshot photographs of the artist are included throughout files. Also includes selections of Rapoport's artist's books and a small number of early drawings.

Biographical / historical:

Sonya Rapoport was an American conceptual/digital artist. Rapoport was born in Boston, Massachusetts on October 6, 1923. She studied at Massachusetts College of Art, Boston University and New York University, where she earned a B.A. in Labor Economics in 1946. She and her husband Henry Rapoport moved to Berkeley, California in 1947. She then continued her education, earning a masters in art practice in 1949 from the University of California. In the 1970s Rapoport turned her artistic focus to electronic media, a medium in which she worked until her death in 2014.

Acquisition information:
The Pictorial material from the Sonya Rapoport papers collection was given to The Bancroft Library by Sonya Rapoport in 2014.
Processing information:

File descriptions transcribed directly from folder labels created by Rapoport.

Arrangement:

Organized by media type. Arranged chiefly by project, as received from the artist.

Physical location:
Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Physical facet:
: chiefly b safety film and gelatin silver prints
Dimensions:
; 57 x 77 cm or smaller
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Pictorial material from the Sonya Rapoport papers, BANC PIC 2015.038, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
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